Hollie Cavanagh Quotes

When I started to record, I could sing in pitch, but that was maybe about it.

I love the challenge of singing something that's not that easy.

I love stretching myself musically.

Thousands of kids and parents come up to us and say, How do we get better as a singer?

Someone told me that you could learn to sing, and that there are muscles that if you build, you will sing.

After my second-to-last record, 'The Greatest', I had gone on tour for a while, and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, or anger toward myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.

When I have a chunk of time that I can really dedicate to music, I really want to get into it. I want to do some really hard stuff and push myself.

I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities?

I am still working on developing my voice. I am, I know, better as a coloratura singer than I was. It's a matter of strong breath control and yet making it sound as though it is the easiest thing in the world.

The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.

My voice needed oiling, and then it took off.

I want to grow as a vocalist, and I want to really kill every single show and just become better.

I think I've learned a lot on the vocal side of things.

Whatever I did lyrically or vocally, just to try and get better at everything.

I used to audition for musicals when I was in New York before I moved to L.A., but I couldn't quite hit a certain note, so I saw a teacher in L. A. who helped me get better at it. She showed me how to use a different part of my voice. You are never too old.

I've played the Greek classics; I've played the English classics. I promise you, I'm not complacent, because I hope to be playing all sorts of stuff that I've never played before while the mind - and the body - still functions.

I think most producers and MCs are constantly in this competition, but it's usually with yourself. It's usually wanting to be innovative: wanting to catch yourself when you're doing the same thing or throwing out the same art you've already done.

The day I stop learning and I don't try to make myself better on the guitar, that's the day I hang it up and say, 'Goodbye.'

Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?

Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself. I just started taking vocal lessons to just work on my breathing, my vowels and stuff.

I try new techniques and styles almost every day, so I'm always challenging myself.

A lot of the qualities in 'Killing and Dying' is sort of a response to work I'd done previously. I wanted to push myself in some different directions.

I really love something that's strong vocally and a little more difficult to sing because it's fun.